CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-3837
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-08-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
service/jni/com_android_server_wifi_WifiNative.cpp in Wi-Fi in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-08-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application that provides a MAC address with too few characters, aka internal bug 28164077.
Affected configurations
• google android 5.0
• google android 5.0.1
• google android 5.1
• google android 5.1.0
• google android 6.0
• google android 6.0.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92235 www.securityfocus.com
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/net/wifi/+/a209ff12ba9617c10550678ff93d01fb72a33399 Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92235 www.securityfocus.com
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/net/wifi/+/a209ff12ba9617c10550678ff93d01fb72a33399 Issue Tracking, Patch